Hi,
I know that there was several discussions about this issue on the forum but unfortunately, none of them helped me to find a solution to my issue.
ISSUE:
I created some Android java tests with a build of an App to test that works well on real device => install, launch and run tests.
But when I change the build version on this App for a recent one, this same tests failed to run.
I have 2 kinds of Appium errors depending on the appium version I used.
More precisely, Appium failed to launch/run the App.
APPIUM ERRORS:
-
With Appium 1.4.13
=> Eclipse error:
> A new session could not be created. (Original error: Cannot parse launchActivity from manifest.null)
=> Appium GUI error:
> info: [debug] badging package: com.appName.android
> info: [debug] badging act: null
> error: Failed to start an Appium session, err was: Error: Cannot parse launchActivity from manifest.null -
With Appium 1.5.2:
=> Eclipse error:An unknown server-side error occurred while processing the command. Original error: packageAndLaunchActivityFromManifest failed. Original error: Path must be a string. Received null
=> Appium launched in common line:
> [ADB] Error: packageAndLaunchActivityFromManifest failed. Original error: Path must be a string. Received null -
When every thing is right:
(Appium logs)ADB] Extracting package and launch activity from manifest
[debug] [ADB] badging package: com.appName.android
[debug] [ADB] badging act: com.appName.android.activities.MainActivity
SET UP CAPABILITY:
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
capabilities.setCapability(“platformName”, “ANDROID”);
capabilities.setCapability(“deviceName”, “Samsung”);
capabilities.setCapability(“platformVersion”, “4.4.4”);
capabilities.setCapability(“app”, appPath);
capabilities.setCapability(“appPackage”, “com.myApp.android”);
I tried adding this capabilities with no success:
//capabilities.setCapability(“appWaitActivity”, “com.appName.android.activities.MainActivity”);
or
//capabilities.setCapability(“appWaitActivity”, “android.intent.category.LAUNCHER”);
I already took a look on this discussions but with no success:
- Android: Unable to start app: badging act: null Cannot parse launchActivity from manifest.null #6481
- Unable to test an app that doesn’t have a launchActivity #5049
- appPackage and appActivity naming issue (org.abc.mobile/.view.SplashActivity) while initialising the driver #4394
Thanks you in advance for your help.